Wagon end-gate



(No Model.)

J. R'. DAVIS.

WAGON END GATE Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN R. DAVIS, OF BRISTOL, WISCONSIN.

WAGON END-GATE.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,860; dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed May 10, 1886.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon End-Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in unjointed wagon end-gates, whereby the devices for locking the same in position also serve to hold it, as well as the wagon sides, against outward pressure, thereby dispensing with both a tie-rod and outer cleats on the wagon sides at each end of the wagon endgate.

Figure l is a perspective view showing my end-gate locked in adjustment. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same with the end-gate unlocked.

In the drawings, similar letters, where they occur, refer to like parts in both views.

A A represent the sides, B the bottom, and O the end-gate, of the wagon-box.

The end-gate bears against the inner cleat, E, at one end and at the other end against the inner projecting face of the angle-iron i, and is provided with two cleats, a and b, and'ears c c. If desired, the cleat a may be dispensed with, as it is not an indispensable part of the operating device, and serves chiefly to strengthen the end-gate. The strap-hooks d d are rigidly fastened to the end-gate G, and are adapted to engage, respectively, with the eyebolts 6 6, extending through the side A and upright f. The triple slide-bolt D consists of three prongs, all in the same plane,an'd extending throughthe cleat b, and preferably adjacent to'the face of the end-gate O, theupper and the lower prong beingadapted to pass through extending from the shorter middle prong of Serial No. 201,763. (No model.)

the sliding bolt D. The shank of the hook m extends through the angle-iron 1', side A, and upright 9, being threaded at the outer end to receive the wing-nut n, which is adapted to clamp against the upright g. When the endgate is locked in this position, it is obvious that the sideboards will be securely held against outward pressure the same as if united directly by a tie-rod, while the end-gate is also held against outward pressure by the prongs of the triple slide D and by the strap-hooks d d, in engagement with the eyebolts e e.

To remove the end-gate, the wing-nut n is unclamped, and the hook m is disengaged from the corresponding hook of the middle prong of the slide D, when the operator pulls back on the handle it until the hook in the middle prong strikes the cleat b, when the upper and the lower prongs will be drawn clear of the side A. (See Fig. 2.) The hook m is then pushed out so that the slot h in the end-gate will clear it, and the end-gate is swung out,

turning on the strap-hooks d d, which hinge in the eyebolts e 6 until the latter are disengaged, when the end-gate can be removed. The slot h may be made as large as desired, so long as it does not extend inward beyond the inner edge of the projecting face of the angleiron 4..

It is obvious that the locking device and triple bolt D may be placed at either end of the endgat-e, Or, if desired, at both ends, thus dispensing with the strap-hooks and eyebolts. By the use of the strap-hooks and eyebolts at one end and triple slidebolt'and locking device at the other end of the end-gate, as described, I am able to dispense with the use of outside cleats on the side-boards A A, thus simplifying the device and cheapening the cost of construction.

I am aware that unjointed end-gates are used wherein the free end is fastened by means of a hook engaging with an eyebolt or its equivalent rigidly iastened to the end-gate, said hook extending through the side-board, to which it is adaptedto be clamped by means of a wing-nut on its threaded outer end, suchhooks (Z d, cleat b, and triple slide-bolt D, in combination with the eyebolts e e, angle-iron 2", hook m, and wing-nut n, substantially as described and for the uses and purposes mentioned.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses.

' JOHN R. DAVIS. W'itnesses:

CHAS. G. MAYERS, XVM. H. MIHILLs. 

